The hymn originally appeared in the second edition of Songs of Praise (published in 1931), to the tune Bunessan, composed in the Scottish Highlands. In Songs of Praise Discussed, the editor, Percy Dearmer, explains that as there was need for a hymn to give thanks for each day, English poet and childrens author Eleanor Farjeon had been asked to make a poem to fit the lovely Scottish tune. (...) Bunessan had been found in L. McBeans Songs and Hymns of the Gael, published in 1900. Before Farjeons words, the tune was used as a Christmas carol, which began Child in the manger, Infant of Mary, translated from the Scottish Gaelic lyrics written by Mary MacDonald. The English-language Roman Catholic hymnal also uses the tune for the Charles Stanford hymns Christ Be Beside Me and This Day God Gives Me, both of which were adapted from the traditional Irish hymn St. Patricks Breastplate. Another Christian hymn Baptize In Water borrows the tune. youtube/watch?v=U5sSEkZ86ts
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:16:46 +0000
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